A fatal crash claimed the life of a south Louisiana driver early Saturday morning.

Just after 2:45 a.m., Shreveport Police patrol officers were dispatched to a stretch of Interstate 20 west bound at Bert Kouns Industrial Loop relative to a crash involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck.

It was learned the driver of a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck rear-ended a 2016 International big rig pulling a trailer. The driver of the pickup truck was killed on scene. The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured.

The driver was later identified as Murray W. Massel, 65, of Ponchatoula.